Commodity Trader (Frozen Fish) at Pivotage Consulting

Pivotage Consulting - Our client, a company that deals in importation of frozen fish in the FMCG  industry is recruiting for the position below:

Job Title: Commodity Trader (Frozen Fish)

Location: Lagos
Reports to: General Manager

Job Responsibilities

• Prospecting opportunities for marketing of frozen fish.
• Leveraging on past experience and network to build an effective distributor network strategy.
• Initiating and close high volume sales across the various relevant key market segments and regional hubs.
• Creating product awareness along the various value chain segments, particularly within the informal trading segment with a view to driving sales from increased grassroots demand
• Building effective collaborative relationships with all classes of customers for sustained patronage
• Liaising with relevant members of staff/vendors to ensure all customer orders are properly acknowledged and promptly attended to with a view to achieving excellence in service delivery (Working closely with logistics companies to ensure customer freight is being moved efficiently)
• Develop distributor and retail execution plans across the south-west and beyond
• Lead, develop and inspire teams to drivegrowth and exceed performance targets.
• Monitoring credit sales documents and follow up with clients.
• Initiating sales deals with customers and follow up on regular basis
• Cultivating new sales leads to establish business
• Providing follow-up customer satisfaction with clients as needed

Qualifications & Experience

• A good University Degree in any relevant discipline
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in trade and sales development in the frozen fish value chain
• Experience in material handling of frozen fish throughout the value-chain of sourcing, warehousing, and distribution/sales etc. will be an added advantage.

Skills /Attributes:

• Must have the ability to work in a fast-paced and demanding environment
• Must have high level of integrity with strong work ethic with a positive “can-do” attitude
• Must be a strategic thinker that can prepare market analysis and execute supply/sales plan
• Must have deep understanding of commodity trading and related processes for frozen fish.
• Must have the ability to work with multi-discipline teams.
• Must have strong communication, negotiation and teamwork skills.
• (Please note that the role is 80% field based, hence must be energetic and physically fit).

Application Closing Date
26th July, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV (MS Word format only) to: [email protected] using the role title "Commodity Trader (Frozen Fish)" as the subject of application.

Note: Applicants without the required cognate experience will not be shortlisted for interview.